Grader, egg

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OBJECT TYPE
ELECTRIC
DATE
1939
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1988.0267.001
MANUFACTURER
DOUGLAS, BROWN & CAMPBELL LTD.
MODEL
A
LOCATION
Melbourne, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #
943
Part Number
1
Total Parts
3
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
METAL FRAME, CASINGS, PARTS/ RUBBER PADDING & PARTS/ WOOD PARTS/ CARDBOARD EGG CARTON.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
97.0 cm
Width
87.0 cm
Height
123.0 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Agriculture
Category
Poultry equipment
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
DOUGLAS
Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
City
Melbourne

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
1939-1974
Canada
AN EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED IN A LOCAL EGG GRADING STATION.
Function
USED TO SORT & GRADE EGGS BY SIZE. EGGS PLACED ON THE GRADER'S TILTED LEDGE ROLLED ONE AT A TIME ONTO A RECIPROCATING ARM THAT ADVANCED THE EGG ALONG UNTIL ITS WEIGHT DEPRESSED A LEVER, ROLLING THE EGG ONTO A PARTITIONED AREA FOR BOXING.
Technical
A MECHANICALLY MORE ADVANCED METHOD OF GRADING EGGS THAN THE PRECEDING HAND GRADING METHOD.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
PLATE READING: "DOUGLAS, BROWN & CAMPBELL/ LIMITED/ MELBOURNE,ONT. CANADA/ MANUFACTURER OF/ EQUIPMENT FOR THE EGG & POULTRY TRADE/ MODEL A SERIAL 943", WITH PATENT NOS./ PLATE & DECAL ON SWITCH READING: "LONDON ETCO CANADA/ Taylor/ ELECTRIC/ MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED" & "ENCLOSED SWITCH/ CAT. NO. 1123SN/ AMPS. 30 POLES 2SN/ VOLTS 115 A.C. H.P. 3/4"/ PLATE ON MOTOR READING: "GENERAL ELECTRIC/ A.C. MOTOR/ MODEL 11F 343B TYPE KH/ FR 15 A 4.5 V 110/ CY 60 RPM 1725 PH 1 HP 1/4/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LTD. TORONTO CANADA"
Missing
N/A
Finish
FRAME PAINTED DARK GREEN WITH BLACK PAINTED MOTOR CASING & PARTS/ GREY PAINTED SWITCH BOX/ BLACK SIMULATED LEATHER/ ORANGE & GREEN SYNTHETIC GUIDES/ METALLIC PARTS/ UNFINISHED WOOD
Decoration
N/A

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DOUGLAS, BROWN & CAMPBELL LTD., Grader, egg, circa 1939, Artifact no. 1988.0267, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0267.001/

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